Memphis Red Sox 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 2 - 9 13 1 Kansas City Monarchs 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 - 7 12 2 BATTING Memphis Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Joe Burt Scott lf 4 1 1 0 2 3 0 Willie Wells Jr. ss 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 Willie Wells Sr. ph, 3b 3 1 1 2 0 1 0 2 Cowan Hyde rf 6 3 1 1 0 0 0 Bob Boyd 1b 5 1 3 1 1 6 0 Neil Robinson cf 5 1 3 4 1 2 0 Casey Jones c 5 0 0 0 0 10 0 Johnnie Cowan 2b 3 1 1 0 2 4 0 Orlando Varona 3b, ss 4 0 2 0 1 4 4 Verdell Mathis p 3 1 0 1 1 0 3 Felix Evans p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 42 9 13 9 8 13 30 10 FIELDING - E: 1. Orlando Varona. BATTING - 2B: Willie Wells Sr.. 3B: Bob Boyd. HR: Neil Robinson. SH: Casey Jones. Team LOB: 12 BASERUNNING - SB: Bob Boyd, Orlando Varona. CS: Orlando Varona. Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Gene Baker ss 5 1 1 0 0 1 2 4 Herb Souell 3b 5 1 1 0 0 1 4 Hank Thompson rf 4 0 2 1 1 0 0 Willard Brown cf 4 3 2 2 1 1 0 Elston Howard lf 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 Tom Cooper 1b 4 0 2 2 1 10 0 Curtis Roberts 2b 5 0 0 1 0 2 1 Earl Taborn c 4 0 1 0 1 1 13 2 Jim LaMarque p 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 Gene Collins p 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 Gene Richardson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Johnie Scott ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Totals 41 7 12 7 4 9 30 14 FIELDING - E: 2. Tom Cooper 2. BATTING - 3B: Gene Baker. HR: Willard Brown. SH: Gene Baker. Team LOB: 9 BASERUNNING - SB: Elston Howard. PITCHING Memphis Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Verdell Mathis 7 10 6 5 4 6 1 35 Felix Evans W 3 2 1 1 0 3 0 11 Totals 10 12 7 6 4 9 1 46 BK: Verdell Mathis. Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Jim LaMarque 5.1 10 7 6 3 8 0 30 Gene Collins 2.2 2 0 0 3 3 0 13 Gene Richardson L 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 8 Totals 10 13 9 8 8 13 1 51 WP: Gene Collins. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Frank Duncan, 1B - Sylvester Vaughn, 2B - , 3B - Bullet Rogan Time of Game: 2:55 Attendance: 6100 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 8/8/1948, game 1 -- Memphis Red Sox at Kansas City Monarchs (D) Starting Lineups: Memphis Kansas City 1. J.Scott lf G.Baker ss 2. W.Wells Jr. ss H.Souell 3b 3. C.Hyde rf H.Thompson rf 4. B.Boyd 1b W.Brown cf 5. N.Robinson cf E.Howard lf 6. C.Jones c T.Cooper 1b 7. J.Cowan 2b C.Roberts 2b 8. O.Varona 3b E.Taborn c 9. V.Mathis p J.LaMarque p RED SOX 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; J.Scott out on unknown play; W.Wells Jr. singled; C.Hyde forced W.Wells Jr. (unknown fielder) [C.Hyde to first]; B.Boyd singled [C.Hyde to second]; N.Robinson singled [C.Hyde scored, B.Boyd to second]; C.Jones out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 1, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: G.Baker out on unknown play; H.Souell singled; H.Thompson singled [H.Souell to second]; W.Brown out on unknown play; E.Howard singled [H.Souell scored, H.Thompson to third]; E.Howard stole second; T.Cooper walked; C.Roberts out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Red Sox 1, Monarchs 1. RED SOX 2ND: J.Cowan walked; O.Varona singled [J.Cowan to third]; O.Varona stole second; V.Mathis out on unknown play; J.Scott out on unknown play; W.Wells Jr. out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 1, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 2ND: E.Taborn singled; J.LaMarque singled [E.Taborn to second]; G.Baker out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; H.Thompson out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 1, Monarchs 1. RED SOX 3RD: C.Hyde reached on an error by T.Cooper [C.Hyde to first]; B.Boyd tripled [C.Hyde scored (unearned)]; N.Robinson out on unknown play; C.Jones out on unknown play; J.Cowan walked; J.Cowan was picked off first, but was safe on an error by T.Cooper [J.Cowan to second]; O.Varona out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 2, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 3RD: W.Brown walked; V.Mathis balked [W.Brown to second]; E.Howard out on unknown play; T.Cooper singled [W.Brown scored]; C.Roberts out on unknown play; E.Taborn walked [T.Cooper to second]; J.LaMarque out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 2, Monarchs 2. RED SOX 4TH: V.Mathis out on unknown play; J.Scott walked; W.Wells Jr. out on unknown play; C.Hyde out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 2, Monarchs 2. MONARCHS 4TH: G.Baker out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; H.Thompson walked; H.Thompson was picked off first (unknown fielder); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 2, Monarchs 2. RED SOX 5TH: B.Boyd out on unknown play; N.Robinson out on unknown play; C.Jones out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 2, Monarchs 2. MONARCHS 5TH: W.Brown singled; E.Howard reached on an error by O.Varona [W.Brown to second, E.Howard to first]; T.Cooper singled [W.Brown scored, E.Howard to third]; C.Roberts out on unknown play [E.Howard scored (unearned)]; E.Taborn out on unknown play; J.LaMarque out on unknown play; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 2, Monarchs 4. RED SOX 6TH: J.Cowan singled; O.Varona singled [J.Cowan to third]; V.Mathis forced O.Varona (unknown fielder) [J.Cowan scored, V.Mathis to first]; J.Scott singled [V.Mathis to second]; W.WELLS SR. BATTED FOR W.WELLS JR.; W.Wells Sr. doubled [V.Mathis scored, J.Scott scored]; C.Hyde singled [W.Wells Sr. scored]; G.COLLINS REPLACED J.LAMARQUE (PITCHING); B.Boyd singled [C.Hyde to second]; N.Robinson singled [C.Hyde scored, B.Boyd to second]; C.Jones out on unknown play; J.Cowan out on unknown play; 5 R, 7 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 7, Monarchs 4. MONARCHS 6TH: W.WELLS SR. STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); O.VARONA CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); G.Baker tripled; H.Souell out on unknown play; H.Thompson out on unknown play; W.Brown homered [G.Baker scored]; E.Howard out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 7, Monarchs 6. RED SOX 7TH: O.Varona out on unknown play; V.Mathis walked; G.Collins threw a wild pitch [V.Mathis to second]; J.Scott walked; W.Wells Sr. out on unknown play; C.Hyde out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 7, Monarchs 6. MONARCHS 7TH: T.Cooper out on unknown play; C.Roberts out on unknown play; E.Taborn out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 7, Monarchs 6. RED SOX 8TH: B.Boyd out on unknown play; N.Robinson walked; C.Jones out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [N.Robinson to second]; J.Cowan out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 7, Monarchs 6. MONARCHS 8TH: F.EVANS REPLACED V.MATHIS (PITCHING); G.Collins singled to left field; G.Baker out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [G.Collins to second]; H.Souell popped to O.Varona; H.Thompson singled to center field [G.Collins scored]; W.Brown out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 7, Monarchs 7. RED SOX 9TH: G.RICHARDSON REPLACED G.COLLINS (PITCHING); O.Varona walked; O.Varona was caught stealing second (unknown fielder); F.Evans out on unknown play; J.Scott out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 7, Monarchs 7. MONARCHS 9TH: E.Howard out on unknown play; T.Cooper out on unknown play; C.Roberts out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 7, Monarchs 7. RED SOX 10TH: W.Wells Sr. struck out; C.Hyde grounded out (G.Richardson to T.Cooper); B.Boyd walked; B.Boyd stole second; N.Robinson homered to leftfield [B.Boyd scored]; C.Jones out on unknown play; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 9, Monarchs 7. MONARCHS 10TH: E.Taborn struck out; J.SCOTT BATTED FOR G.RICHARDSON; J.Scott struck out; G.Baker struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 9, Monarchs 7. Final Totals R H E LOB Red Sox 9 13 1 12 Monarchs 7 12 2 9
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